Lacey Lowdown: Rosmini College turned the tables on local rivals Rangitoto College to win the Schick Zone 1 Premierships Final 70-67 at North Shore Events Centre on Saturday. The result is a reversal of the College Sport Auckland Premier final and will give Rosmini number one seeding at the Schick National Championships in October. The result of a closely fought encounter was in doubt until the final play of the game. Rehana Maxwell-Topia was presented with a couple of free throws with 7 seconds remaining on the clock and his…
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Auckland Girls Grammar hold off Westlake Girls to complete double
Lacey Lowdown: Auckland Girls Grammar School completed the double of AA Zone 1 Premierships and College Sport Auckland Premier titles after withstanding a spirited Westlake Girls High challenge to win 70-66 at North Shore Events Centre on Saturday. AGGS, benefitting from double figure contributions from Mele Latu and Elianna Tuaiti, appeared to be heading for a comfortable victory when they led 57-43 at the three-quarter mark. However WGHS produced a string of baskets courtesy of Jess Moors and Emme Shearer to reel in the AGGS lead and when Shearer, who…
Read MoreThirteen consecutive wins sweep Botany Downs Secondary to championship
Eastern Courier: To battle through a winter code season unbeaten is a rare and special accomplishment. To do it in Auckland’s highly competitive rugby First XV arena makes the achievement even more unique. Botany Downs Secondary College, acknowledged as a high-performing secondary school in many fields, is only 14 years old and to have its First XV ready to contest the world’s toughest college rugby competition next year is a reflection of the high standards it sets. It also has a rugby benchmark example to draw inspiration and influence from just down the…
Read MoreTayla Dalton follows in mum’s footsteps with some special sporting feats
Stuff: Somewhere up above a proud mum must have been bursting with pride. Maybe there really were tears in heaven. It’s six months since former Silver Fern netballer Tania Dalton was so cruelly taken from this world, at the age of 45, after collapsing from a brain aneurysm during a game of touch. But her spirit undoubtedly lives on. How else can you explain the remarkable sporting feats in Auckland this week of 15-year-old Tayla, the oldest of the three Dalton children left behind to soldier on with life under…
Read MoreCollege Sport Auckland Photos of the Week
With winter codes wrapping up, here are our final winter sport photos of the week for 2017.
Read MoreTop Seeds Shine at NZSS Badminton Championships
Badminton New Zealand: It was a week that went entirely to plan for the top seeds at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships, with both Westlake Boys’ High School and Macleans College coming through the boys’ and girls’ competitions undefeated. Both teams showed they deserved their seeding, with their skills and experience being tested in two knife-edge contests with the eventual runners-up, Saint Kentigern College and Westlake Girls’ High School. Westlake Boys’ started the week in strong fashion, with convincing 6-0 wins over both Southland Boys’ High and Macleans College.…
Read MoreSouthern Cross to defend national rugby league crown against Kelston
Manukau Courier: Southern Cross Campus are into the finals of the national secondary school rugby league championships in Papakura. They beat Auckland champions St Paul’s College 22-16 in their semi final this morning and will defend the title they won last year against Kelston Boys’ High School at Bruce Pulman Park at 12.50pm tomorrow. Kelston held of St Thomas of Canterbury College 10-6 in the other semi final. The Southern Cross win avenges the 16-6 loss to St Paul’s in the semi final of the Auckland championship almost four weeks ago to the…
Read MoreCollege Sport Auckland Photos of the Week
We’ve put together some great shots of Auckland secondary school students competing in various winter sports over the past week. If you have any recent photos you’d like to share, please send them to school.sport@collegesport.co.nz or tag us on Facebook.
Read MoreNZSS title secured for Epsom Girls Grammar lacrosse team
College Sport Media: After finishing runners-up to Waikato rivals Cambridge High School in each of the past two years, the Epsom Girls’ Grammar team were celebrating their maiden NZSS Girls Lacrosse title at Whangaparoa over this past weekend. Year 13 player and attacker Nikki Fordyce spoke about the team’s weekend. “After our previous second placed finishes, our goal was to win and it was awesome for us to take it out the first time,” said Nikki who was also the MVP in the final. The final against Cambridge HS was…
Read MoreGoals galore seal Sacred Heart Auckland League title
College Sport Media: The prospects of the Sacred Heart College First XI football team winning the Auckland Premier League for the fourth consecutive year were bleak less than a fortnight ago. Sacred Heart trailed Saint Kentigern College on both goal difference and points. In fact Sacred Heart had to beat St Kent’s on August 18 to have any chance of retaining their title and hope if St Kent’s didn’t lose their remaining two fixtures, they were unable to score as prolifically as the Catholics. The enormity of Sacred Heart’s challenge…
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